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In November of 2020, a freak wave came out of the blue, lifting a lonesome buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters high (58 feet). The four-story wall of water was finally confirmed in February 2022 as the most extreme rogue wave ever recorded at the time.
Dec 6, 2022 · A rogue wave crashed into the Viking Polaris cruise ship between Antarctica and Argentina. What are rogue waves and does climate change cause them?
Dec 31, 2023 · An enormous wave crashed onto a Ventura, Calif., beach on Thursday, sweeping away people, cars and trees. Some are calling it a rogue wave, but experts aren't sure.
Feb 16, 2022 · An enormous, 58-foot-tall swell that crashed in the waters off British Columbia, Canada, in November 2020 has been confirmed as the largest "rogue" wave ever recorded, according to new research.
Dec 5, 2022 · An American passenger on an Antarctic cruise died and four other guests were injured after their Viking ship was struck by a "rogue wave," officials said. The incident happened on Tuesday around 10:40 p.m. local time while the Viking Polaris ship was sailing toward Ushuaia, Argentina, Viking said.
Feb 15, 2022 · A four-story-tall rogue wave that briefly reared up in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Canada in 2020 was the "most extreme" version of the freaky phenomenon ever recorded, scientists...
Apr 12, 2017 · What is a rogue wave and is it possible to predict where and when one will strike a yacht? The first oceanographer to define a wave as ‘freak’ was Laurence Draper, a man who preferred to do...
Oct 31, 1996 · "The Rogue Wave," a short story by Theodore Taylor, is an exciting adventure story of two teenagers out to sea when mishap happens -- a rogue wave. For such a quick-acting event, the story gets off to a rather slow start, full of nautical vocabulary that might put off young readers.
Feb 15, 2022 · Rogue waves have been a thing of legend for centuries, cropping up in myths or sailor's stories. However, they were confirmed to be a real phenomenon in 1995, when the 'Draupner Wave', the...
Shipwrecking ‘rogue waves’ are raging through our oceans. And they have scientists puzzled - BBC Science Focus Magazine. Scientists are still uncertain how freak waves arise that can overturn boats and ships.
